Local Churches Together groups

There are approximately 2,600 local Churches Together groups, not all of them using that title. They are all autonomous and each has a particular history of its own, shaped by the place and people who form it. Activities include services and discussion groups, conferences and events, and a wide variety of ways in which service is offered to the local community eg food banks, street pastors, youth work, lunch clubs, festivals, night shelters, chaplaincy etc.

Increasingly we hear of local groups re-forming themselves around the needs of the local community. A number of networks provide detailed resources and support for particular projects eg the Trussell Trust for food banks. For this and for many more activities that groups of churches engage in, we offer the following on our website: